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Save money by recyclingReducing waste by recycling means less environmental impact and can save your business money

Recycling is the treatment of recyclable waste materials in order to make them suitable for reuse.

Why recycle?Recycling isn’t just good waste management practice – by reducing your weekly waste bill, you are making an economically sound business decision.

Environmental benefits:• Recycling helps conserve natural resources.• It reduces the amount of waste going to incinerators and

reduces greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change.

Economic benefits:•Recyclingservicesareofferedatacheaperratethan

general waste. This means that if you choose to include recycling as part of your waste disposal arrangements, you can save money.

• Recycling creates a good corporate image to both customers and employees, and shows that a business cares about the environment.

Therecyclingservicesweoffer• Sack collection service: our commercial recycling sacksareclearwithanorangepanel.Wecanofferup to three sack collections a day, and in some cases seven days a week.

• Waste container collections: our containers are available in 360 litre, 660 litre or 1100 litre capacity. Contracts can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual business with collections available seven days a week in some parts of the borough.

What we can recycle:• paper and card

(except shredded paper)• glass bottles and jars

(no lids)• tins and cans

• empty aerosol cans• food and drink cartons • plastic bottles, pots, tubs

and trays (no lids)

Our mixed recycling service removes the need for different recycling containers.

What happens to your recyclingA Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) - a specialized plant that receives and separates recyclable materials – separates paper and card, plastic, food and drink cans, glass bottles and jars, using an optical sensor and high-tech equipment. The separated recycling falls into collection bays where it is loaded and transported to recycling manufacturers.

The Waste HierarchyArticle 4 of the revised EU Waste Framework Directive (Directive 2008/98/EC)setsoutfivestepsfor dealing with waste, ranked according to environmental impact – the “waste hierarchy”. Your business or organisation must take all such measures as are reasonable in the circumstances to prevent waste and apply the Waste Hierarchy when transferring waste (Reduce, Re-use, Recycle). Please visit our website for further information: http://www.rbkc.gov.uk/commercialwaste/legislation

Contamination in recyclingWhen non-recyclable items are mixed in with the recycling or when recyclables are presented in the container incorrectly, this is referred to as ‘contamination’.A3 posters and A4 laminated recycling guides are available upon request for the training of staff.

For all your commercial waste needsTel: 020 7341 5106Email: commercial.waste@rbkc.gov.ukWeb: www.rbkc.gov.uk/commercialwaste

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If you would like to start recycling, please call us on 020 7341 5106 and ask to speak to a Sales Executive.